Real Writing Jobs Reviews – Legit or Scam?
RealWritingJobs.com is a website that’s designed to help people find a variety of writing jobs; they claim to have a ton of leads and are simply acting as middleman between writers and contractors. These types of sites have been around before and usually provide mixed results.
The way that these sites work is that they have software that visits a collection of job search sites, freelance websites, and other places where work for writers gets posted. They then return these results in your members’ area.
In most cases these are real writing jobs and are usually put out by website and blog owners who want cheap labor to fill their sites full of content. Other examples my involve writing product reviews that again are used by webmasters.
The one thing you need to be careful off is overhyped promises of riches; you may have been told that you can get paid up to $125 for writing one article but that is by far the exception and definitely not the rule when it comes to working with sites like RealWritingJobs.com.
First off, the really high paying jobs require the ability to not only write well but to be able to write on highly technical issues like medicine or electronics. Second, if these jobs do get publicly posted they are reserved for highly experienced writers that can provide web references for their work.
Bottom line is, don’t get too excited about massive payouts. Realistically you’ll be looking at a range of $5 – $12 per article or blog post. The sad fact is that real writing jobs along with other coveted work gets outsourced overseas; making it difficult for US based freelancers to compete or work for much lower pay.
Is RealWritingJobs.com a Scam?
It’s not a scam in the sense that they do what they advertise, which is provide you with leads for real writing jobs. However, there are some issues with their billing policy and the value of their service.
When you join RealWritingJobs.com they offer you the membership as a 10 day trial for $2.95, after which you will have to pay $47 a month. Now many people get ticked off at the idea of having to pay a monthly fee when in fact they’re there to try to make money.
There are also many cases where people don’t notice that the membership is really a trial and will cost them a monthly fee. This is one reason why there are many complaints for RealWritingJobs.com; the other source of dissatisfaction comes from the service.
While it may be convenient to get your real writing job leads in one members’ area some people feel that it’s not worth the monthly cost. Essentially you are paying for the convenience factor, you can just as easily make a list of job search engines, freelance sites, and writers’ forums and check these daily for work.
So you can join RealWritingJobs.com if you feel like you don’t have time to look for work on your own, just be aware that there is a monthly cost for using their site.
They also offer this guarantee,
We are so confident that you will find a job, that we will offer you a 10 day no questions asked money back guarantee. We pride ourselves on providing valuable employment resources to our customers and your happiness is of the utmost importance to us. If for any reason at all you decide that this service is just not for you, you may cancel by calling 1-800-886-6011. We are so confident that you will love our service, that we are able to offer you this iron clad guarantee.
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January 13th, 2012 at 3:02 am
I received a couple of emails from RealWritingJobs with an urgency for writers from India and since I’ve been looking for work to do from home I thought, what the heck, lets check them out. When I wanted to exit, up popped the $12 offer. Thats when I decided to read some reviews on the authenticity of this site.. Thanks all of you – you’ve saved my day!
December 30th, 2011 at 5:10 am
Tso i signed up like an idiot. All i can say is scam this lady calls and it sounds like the same foreign person every time. They annoy the heck out of me stupid liars.
December 8th, 2011 at 2:05 pm
I signed up for “realwritingjobs.com” because it seemed legit and like a cool way to find freelance writing jobs. Well every job that is posted, people are bidding for writing jobs paying pennies, a joke! Then they say “one time fee” of $34 dollars, but if you read the fine print, its $47/month if you do not decline within the trial period. This is a scam!!! They offer jobs from free websites you can visit on your own. They give you this b.s. offer then try charging you a redic amount of money a month. DO NOT sign up for this, I’m calling my credit card later and telling them to decline any charges from this company!
Joshua says:
January 7th, 2012 at 3:17 pm
I agree completely. It is 100% scam. Everything that is on this site can be found for free with a little bit of work.
Expand and strengthen your mind to see past all the scams easily.
December 3rd, 2011 at 5:47 am
I received an E-mail about the ad of RealWritingJobs.I blamed myself for not thinking twice but blinded by how much monetary benefits I could obtain through membership in the website.I kind of felt apprehensive about the fee I had to pay at first but brushed it off.Times are hard and I figured I could put my passion for writing to good use.Doing a job I love and being paid for it,why not?How wrong I was.
Placing bids on the ‘projects’ was a complete waste of time.I dont think they even exist.The money-back scheme is most probably a hoax to get more people to sign up.I dont know,I do believe the whole thing is simply too good to be true.
December 2nd, 2011 at 2:30 pm
Dear Writers,
I have just payed real writing jobs from my credit card and do not want to go any further with this having read these blogs. I will check out my credit card so to ensure that no more money comes form my account other than what I have authorized. At the same time I am inspired to put examples of my writing on my own website and direct potential customers to it. I will receive a call tonight asking me about getting deeper in to this but I will as suggested UNSUBSCRIBE and no thanks.
November 11th, 2011 at 7:14 pm
I used to work at a bank, and the most frantic people who called me had an authorized payment coming out of their account, or from a credit card.
NEVER, EVER, allow ANY company (no matter their size or reputation) to take a pre-authorized, monthy fee from an account of yours, because once authorized, it is the COMPANY with the authority to cancel the charge; not you!
You must close the account or the card; so just never do it in the first place.
Brian
November 4th, 2011 at 3:43 am
Its half off one time payment through paypal for 8 week money back guarantee.. and they say ONE TIME REFUNDABLE FEE.. now my question is since its paypal and you have a problem and ask for refund they most always refund you with a click of button.. have things changed where it is only $34.95 for lifetime membership….. and since its paypal it would be easy as pie to get a refund. Especially if paypal has had several request for refunds I think it would be easy… anytime I have had to get a refund on paypal I just opened a dispute and ALWAYS got my refund within 48 hours no questions asked. And if the company you’re wanting a return from does not respond paypal automatically refunds you and quickly, so what I am trying to get at is, do you think its worth trying? ALL MONEY ISSUES ASIDE is this program worth $34.95 one time payment for what content they offer and work you get through the site? I basically am curious if the program works, money aside…?
Tina Reeves says:
December 8th, 2011 at 4:55 am
I didn’t ask for my money back but I made it clear they were not to take any more money when I cancelled the subscription. I told them that if they did I would report them to Paypal and post my comments about them anywhere I could find on the internet. They haven’t taken any more money. A good site for getting writing jobs at a reasonable rate of pay is www.peopleperhour.com and it is free to join. Many years ago I used to use Freelancer.com but the rates of pay are mostly ludicrous. However, it is worth having a look on there (which is also free to join)and if you like the look of a job, bid on it even if it is a low rate. If you do a good job they may want to retain you and will pay more. I would imagine that employers who advertise really low budgets get dozens of people bidding that don’t have English as a first language and as the saying goes “if you pay peanuts, you get monkeys”.
October 28th, 2011 at 11:03 am
thx a lot :)
I am searching for a fix job for more than one year now.
Tried a huge range of jobsorts… also online jobs. hm??
Today i was looking the second time exactly what i can find about online homework… as an european.
and than…
than i found this blog!!!
** Thank you verry much **
Lg Andy
October 19th, 2011 at 9:18 am
The video and audio of realwritingjobs.com has a woman’s voice, but the woman actually does not exist. It is a fake name that is used. She sounds sooooo dumb and makes it sounds soooooo good. She makes you think, “If she can do it, I’m sure I can.” But in REALITY realwritingjobs.com is a BIG INTERNET SCAM that makes tens of thousands off people that are struggling to survive. THERE SHOULD BE LAWS AGAINST HAVING SITES LIKE realwritingjob.com. THEY SHOULD ALL BE PUT IN PRISON!!!
October 12th, 2011 at 10:18 am
It’s a scam
October 7th, 2011 at 12:49 am
I receives real writing job in my mail box. I took the trial but never agreed to the member ship and now they are automatically taking money from my account every month without my consent. and for sure i call and it was a answering service that will not let you talk to any one but askd you to leave your message. i left a message twice but gott no reply, i email still no reply but a withdrawal was taken from my account on Oct 5TH and still i try to talk to some one but still no answer. It is such a fraud and a no good website i encourage every one to stay away from website that you cannot be connected with a human being.
September 18th, 2011 at 12:36 pm
I am a professional writer and get lots of work through peopleperhour.com and freelancer.com. Realwritingjobs contacted me via unsolicited email and I subscribed to their service because their service seemed genuine and I thought I would have a chance to pick up some work from it. Imagine how surprised I was when having paid almost 30 euros the bulk of the jobs advertised on the site are from Freelancer (which I have belonged to for years) and various other similar sites that you can join without having to pay a third party such as realwritingjobs.
On the established writing job sites when you bid on a job you will get some feedback i.e. whether you bid has been successful or not. I bid on a couple of realwritingjobs projects (that were clearly their own) and didn’t get any feedback at all which makes be believe that the jobs aren’t real.
I started full time writing about 5 years ago and did a few jobs via Freelancer for really poor pay just to get started. Being the lowest bidder won’t always get you the job but I was lucky because having got a couple of jobs at low rates, one of the employers gave me all his work. You can pick up some decently paid big contracts from just one small job. Peopleperhour jobs tend to pay better than most of the jobs on Freelancer but Freelancer is a good place to start.
The next time anyone sends me a “realwritingjobs” type email I’ll ask for a 30 day FREE trial before joining or paying any money. If they have confidence in their site they shouldn’t mind offering that – it should sort out the real from the unreal!!!
Ganesh Samare says:
December 2nd, 2011 at 2:32 am
I am in full agreement withTina.
Chels says:
November 23rd, 2011 at 12:21 am
Thank you for your post!
lisa says:
November 16th, 2011 at 10:13 pm
I was skeptical about realwritingjobs and am glad I did some research and decided against joining. I have been on Elance for a few years and have a FREE account, which can be upgraded. I will check out freelancer and peopleperhour as well. Thank you for this information.
Luis says:
November 3rd, 2011 at 1:59 am
Thank you. Very helpful info.
September 4th, 2011 at 12:36 pm
I would like to know what billing company that RealWritingJobs is using.
August 23rd, 2011 at 3:42 am
hi i really wanted to be in the real writing program, i saw this about 2 months ago i feel im a real good writer i thought this was a good opportunity for me to show my talents so anyway i did the deed and signed up for it i even paid the amount of nearly $70.00 maybe more as i paid in nz dollars. Right it came through i had to read about 6 long pages to show me how to start myself off. OK i read them all yeah finished. click click click nothing happening im so excited to get started click click click still nothing.Whats happening no web page to start so excited nothing nothing nothing. Is this it is this what i paid $70.00 for. I panicked i didn’t even pay for it my partner did he asked me is everything alright i say yes nothing to worry about i will get it sorted. Its been two months now still trying to figure it out. So i hope someone is reading this cause i need a little helping hand is it a scam or not i dont know i feel ripped off maybe its because i live on the other side of the world who knows only the shadow knows. If there’s anyone out there that knows please reply to me. cheers leonie
simon nobody says:
October 24th, 2011 at 7:40 pm
Two months!? For a writer I am sorry to say that you have not explained the problems your are having very clearly.
Cancel your subscription. If there is no obvious way to cancel it then contact your bank and say that charges are coming out of your bank without your consent.
Then go and sign up to the following FOR FREE
elance.com,
iwriter.com
freelancer.com
peopleperhour.com
writeswap.com
You won’t earn very much at first but if you have half a brain you will start to figure out how to get better paying jobs. Also recomend Tiffany Dowe’s ‘Ghostwriting cash’ course. It would have been a far better use of your money than the crap you signed up to.
To say that $47 per month for sending you jobs from other websites is ‘a bit expensive’ is the understatement of the century. It is robbery.
August 5th, 2011 at 6:00 pm
Real Writing Jobs – a bunch of thieves! Be warned and do not use them.
I signed up for a 10 day trial at $2.95. I am in the UK, so this should have come to about £2, but it turns out there is a fee added on to this cost (which they don’t tell you about), so I was actually charged £3.11, which is ridiculous – how can $2.95 equate to £3.11? I realize this fee might not be added by Real Writing Jobs themselves, but they ought to know this extra charge will happen and should tell people in advance. Anyway, I have ordered plenty of things online priced in American dollars and never had this fee added to those, so I don’t know why it happened only with Real Writing Jobs.
On the 10th day of my trial, I contacted them to cancel (membership of their site is a total waste of time, as all the jobs listed can be found for free on sites like elance, rentacoder, etc.) They got back to me within hours and confirmed that my membership was canceled. However, when I checked my bank account the next day, they had taken $47 from it, for my first month’s membership, even though I had canceled on the final day of my 10 day trial. It clearly says on their website that you will only be charged on the 11th day but they charged me on the 10th day, even though that was the day I canceled.
I have just contacted them to ask (politely but firmly) for a refund and I will have to wait to see what they say, but I don’t expect to get my money back. Oh, and yet again, a fee was added onto this $47 that they stole – yes, stole – from me.
It is a very misleading site. They claim you don’t need experience to get these writing jobs, but I disagree – I never saw one ad on there that said you didn’t need experience or samples, etc.
If you want to get into freelance writing, you would be much better off saving your money, setting up a free blog or submitting to free article directories (or both) and then applying for writing jobs on elance, rentacoder, guru, etc, and when the employer wants a sample of your writing, you can send them a link to your blog or articles you have published in directories. None of this will cost you anything, but joining Real Writing Jobs will most definitely cost you – and probably a lot more than you expect! AVOID!
July 28th, 2011 at 1:05 am
I may still be interested in joining Real Writing Jobs website but I will only pay the trail fee of $4.95. I will have a way so that I cannot be charged for $47 monthly fee.
I want to find out how much money I can earn.
July 23rd, 2011 at 4:24 am
I joined and on the first 2 days had access to all the so called ‘extras’. I then went on vacation in Africa and did not go online for 14 days. When I got back , my pass word no longer worked and I could not get in contact with anybody. Will I be charged automatically every month from now? Realwritingjobs.com is nothing but a scam!
July 15th, 2011 at 1:28 pm
These jerks just sent me a text message completely unsolicited and using up my limited data plan I have no idea how I got on their radar but I need to find out how to get OFF. These are the LAST people I’d ever want to work for and I really hate it when I get SPAMMED by people on my cell phone!
July 4th, 2011 at 11:34 am
on pushing the back button, the company will offer a discount and then a second time down to $12 if they are so overly priced one that they can do this and two that they do this shows that this is a scam.
June 17th, 2011 at 12:15 am
I tried Real Writing Jobs. I was suckered by the amount of money they claim can be made. Every job that I looked at required experience that I did not have. I was upset that you can only make $5 to $12 dollars instead of the $125 for an article. This is a scam all the way around no matter how you look at it.They won’t let the contractors pay the writers directly. you have to go through them. This is the worst site I have ever seen. I would avoid it.
June 2nd, 2011 at 8:37 am
pay to work they have it backwards
how much will you pay me?
It is always a 100% scam if you have to pay for information to work!
May 19th, 2011 at 5:21 pm
This company changes names/websites all the time, but it always smells fishy. They make exorbitant income claims, and there are many complaints online about trying to unsubscribe from the “service”.
May 12th, 2011 at 4:48 pm
I get 30 emails a week from this company, each trying to get my money. Each sucker (new sign up member) is then locked into a system. It is then the responsibility of the sucker to fight the system.
What did I do to avoid this?
I went on line and read all of these reviews.
Suggestion: Do this for anything that smells funny.
lisa says:
November 16th, 2011 at 10:19 pm
Exactly. I research anything and everything. I’m always looking for new opportunities in writing, but when I saw a sign-up fee, I stopped dead in my tracks!
May 6th, 2011 at 4:19 am
Anything that requires you to pay to work can’t be good. I had rather work for free than to pay for the opportunity to make another party a comfortable living. This is how the internet runs, they create a diversion while they pick your pockets.
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This company is nothing but scams after scams after scams after scams after scams after scams. Keep my $4.95 like you have done to other customers. They pay $4.95 and get nothing in return but trash and scams after scams after scams after scams after scams after scams. Don’t even think about the $77.00 im not sending anything. so please do me a favor UNSUBSCRIBE ME. And no thanks…
March 24th, 2011 at 4:53 pm
I’m baffled by all the guys complaining about RealWritingJobs. If you know where to go to make money writing, is this site pointless? Yes totally. If you are a beginner, it’s not too bad since it shows you the places to go to.
Would I pay $47 for it? Probably not. Would I read their terms of service and not b***h about it when I get billed? Of course… Nothing is free in life, if you are going to giveaway your credit card be sure to read the terms and agree to them BEFORE you buy something.
March 5th, 2011 at 2:35 pm
I don’t understand why they are not escorting the people who run the scam “Real Writing Jobs” into prison. Oh, yes, the “lifetime” charge of 90 dollars or so gets you the LIFETIME PRIVILEGE OF PAYING THEM $47.00 PER MONTH EVEN AFTER YOU’VE CANCELED THE SERVICE!!!
I was glancing through my statements and notice months after I had canceled this worthless service they were still charging me $47.00 per month. I guess it’s a new e-business model: the “lifetime cancellation fee.”
If you have half a brain and can use a search engine you can run rings around these clowns, but I doubt any of us could get away with half of the criminal activity they seem to get away with. I’m going to start trying again to cancel them.
Next they’ll have a Web site “Real Scam Cancellations” telling you how to cancel scams that stick to you like superglue.
simon nobody says:
October 24th, 2011 at 8:21 pm
For goodness sake. Just call your bank and tell them that there are charges appearing on your account that YOU DO NOT RECOGNIZE AND DID NOT AUTHORIZE!!!
They WILL refund them and stop future payments- even if it means replacing your cards. In addition it will initiate a chargeback claim against the company. Not that they will care…Am sure they have another similar outfit ready and waiting to be rolled out as soon as this one gets too many complaints/ chargeback claims against it.
February 24th, 2011 at 9:25 pm
To be fair there are real opportunities in this website to earn a regular income from home. However please beware there are terms and conditions you must follow in order to reach the income level as claimed in the ad. There are also extra costs involved.
simon nobody says:
October 24th, 2011 at 8:25 pm
There are not “real opportunities in this website”. There are a bunch of results scraped from other FREE websites and a $47 per month charge. That’s it. A kick in the pants from a passer by would be of more use for earning money.
January 25th, 2011 at 4:29 pm
There are no monthly payments. Your $4.95 trial membership is for 7 days, at the end of your trial you’ll
be billed a one time fee of $77 for a lifetime membership. As you leave the page the price is discounted to: $4.95 for 3 days, then a one-time payment of $47.00. With all the negative reviews,I think I’ll pass
January 19th, 2011 at 12:10 pm
update from realwritingjob:
i got my money back now…i asked for a refund by clickbank and got it within 2 days when i asked for it.
January 17th, 2011 at 1:07 am
for people out there who were also tricked into this site. If you paid via paypal and only the trial membership fee has been charged to you account, you could make sure that no further charges are made on your account by clicking on the “billing details” hyperlink found on your paypal account page then cancel the “future payments option” for clickbank.
January 15th, 2011 at 9:57 am
I joined RealWritingJobs a few weeks ago. I’m baffled by how people are saying it is a scam, it does pretty much what it says it will do.
Did it make me rich? No. Have I earned about $150 writing so far? Yes.
If you have a lot of experience writing online, you really don’t need a site like this but I had never done any writing online before so I found it useful in showing me what to do.
simon nobody says:
October 24th, 2011 at 8:32 pm
That’s like saying that I didn’t know how to use Facebook or Ebay so i paid $47 per month for someone to give me basic information on these subjects. Information that is available for free. Would I pay $10 for a guide on how to use Ebay? Maybe. Would I pay someone $47 per month. NO!!
All the freelancing sites have detailed help and information on the,
January 11th, 2011 at 4:35 pm
I joined (with a 3 day trial) and on the 2nd day saw that realwritingjobs was not for me and asked for a refund – but on the 3rd day they took the second money. I asked for a refund (money back guaranteed is 60 days) 4 times and everytime no response. If i don’t get a response back and lose the money anyway i will occasionally log in and see what jobs there are but i regret it now that i never looked it up on the internet before i joined. I make such mistakes a lot. So…i can only warn other peoples…realwritingjob is not responding when you are a member. When i was a 3 day trial member they responded (saying that they couldn’t find my login account because i applied with another email) and now they are not responding at all.
January 10th, 2011 at 10:13 am
I called Clickbank and it canceled my RealWritingJobs.com membership. Clickbank sent me this email:
If you need additional customer service ClickBank will be happy to assist you.
To make a customer service inquiry with regard to this purchase, please visit:
http://clickbank.com/cs/?4d21e2ffB7Y4EPDK
Clickbank also told me to email its fraud department. If all of you fellow scam victims want to put RealWritingJobs out of business, email abuse@clickbank.com.
Clickbank’s customer service number (with a live voice at the other end, unlike RealWritingJobs!) is 800-390-6035.
Don’t waste your time calling RealWritingJobs’ alleged help/support phone numbers. A recorded voice will admit that RealWritingJobs does not have live support technicians or billing personnel!
Put RealWritingJobs.com out of business NOW! by emailing abuse@clickbank.com.
I only lost my initial $4.95 trial membership fee before I called Clickbank to cancel, but I really resent the three days I wasted applying for jobs which I doubt exist. One phony job offer even made me write a 300-word “audition” article about the gold and silver commodities markets! Pathetic and maddening!
Frank Sanello
Jennifer says:
December 1st, 2011 at 5:35 am
Hello, so how do I cancel my membership via clickbank?
January 9th, 2011 at 10:59 am
RealWritingJobs.com scammed me for a free trial membership for $4.95. It promised to cancel my trial membership after 7 days and not deduct its monthly membership fee of $47.
However, Clickbank.com is the company RealWritingJobs uses to collect its membership fees.
I’ve contacted Clickbank and asked them not to deduct any more money from my bank account, but so far no response from Clickbank.
Does anybody know if Clickbank is also a fraud?
Frank Sanello
simon nobody says:
October 24th, 2011 at 8:38 pm
No Clickbank is not a fraud. They are a huge, established company but they do very little policing of some of the crap that gets put out under their system…like this product.
December 12th, 2010 at 3:40 pm
Thank you for your review. I also got a spam message on Twitter. I haven’t visited their homepage yet, because the message ‘smelled funny’.
November 27th, 2010 at 9:14 pm
Based simply on the fact that they constantly spam me on twitter under fake names — they are not to be trusted.
Oh, don’t worry about the warning on their site that only a limited number of people will be accepted. They’ll gladly collect emails from everyone who wants to hand them over.
Good luck.
November 22nd, 2010 at 2:43 am
I forgot to mention: the prices quoted on their landing page are hugely inflated. Up to $100 per article? Insane. In my experience, no one is willing to pay that kind of money. Period. Not even to professionals with 30 years of experience. People in India are ready and willing to write 500 words for $1 and everyone knows it. The drive for new content is so great that the non-native sound of it does not matter. They are just trying to sucker you in to get your billing info – if they can make $5 (non-refundable) off of you for a trial, even when you cancel on the membership they are still ahead. Plus they have your email to send you those wonderful affiliate offers, which may make them another buck or two off of you. Avoid this site like the plague.
November 22nd, 2010 at 2:26 am
I made the mistake of entering my email into their squeeze page. They used it to send me affiliate offers for internet marketing info products. None of them were that remarkable, but the last one was truly awful; it was rated a D+ on IM report card, meaning that it is essentially a scam. I unsubscribed from their list and sent them a note telling them that only scammers would promote another scam. They actually replied the next day, but just to say, “We are not a scam, come and check us out” with a link to their squeeze page.
You cannot check them out in any way whatsoever without paying the $4.95 trial fee, which gives them your billing info. Plus, I really don’t feel that a site already charging a membership fee should be promoting affiliate offers in this manner. Clearly, they are not there to help you succeed, but rather to make as much money off of you as they can before you wise up.
Seriously, there are other much better freelancing sites out there. This one was charging an outrageous $47 per month, but now it is just a flat $77 (no doubt due to difficulty keeping people from demanding their dearly deserved refunds). Still overpriced, though. Even when you click off and it offers you a one-time rate of $47, don’t waste your money.
November 18th, 2010 at 8:33 pm
People…. please…. No one in their correct mind would buy into this crap for a minute. These guys are scammers from the word go. What utter nonsense. When you’ve written for a living for ten years, you know a scam when you see it…
November 18th, 2010 at 2:33 am
These guys keep sending me emails urging me to join because they are desperate for writers. Unfortunately for them I found this website first and am so glad I did. I replied to them one day explaining how they are not that great…they replied telling me to ignore this website and look at others instead. Thank you for helping me save my hard earned cash.
October 31st, 2010 at 9:18 am
To Kayla: Lots of people, including myself, are making money online without screwing other people over. That being said, there are also a great many scams online.
To the reviewer: Thanks for the fair and objective review. I came across this program while looking for a legit work from home opportunity to promote on my website. Their income claims seemed exaggerated to me so I decided to do a little bit of digging before recommending them to my visitors. I’m glad I found your review.
I don’t think I want to get involved with these folks. Their landing page is too misleading.
October 24th, 2010 at 4:25 am
I’ve also canceled my credit card and submit a form “order return” to Clickbank already. I have the same problem with Alyssa’s… really dont know how to cancel my membership . Who can help us in this regard would be greatly appreciated.
October 17th, 2010 at 8:56 am
In case you don’t realize, all the cancellations and refunds are handled by Clickbank. You can make cancellations or refunds within the 60 days period as promise.
October 15th, 2010 at 11:41 pm
I knew this real writing job.com was a scam. Glad I checked for more info before I signed up. As a Deputy Sheriff I hope someone busts their chops but we al know it probably won’t happen in the history of this world.
October 14th, 2010 at 7:55 pm
Beware of this company. After reading some of the other reviews, they apparently are very deceptive. I responded to a Craigslist ad with my resume for a part-time/telecommuting proofreading/editing job that sounded completely legitimate for a web company. (I’ve worked for many years in business and am pretty savvy).
Received a legitimate looking email that they would hire me on a trial basis to see if the job fit. However, I would have to register online with RealWritingJobs.com and pay a $2.95 initial fee, as they are the contractor who would “send me my paychecks” or something to that effect. No other fees were mentioned.
After checking the online reviews on this website, I didn’t like what I saw and attempted to email them back to let them know I was no longer interested. Norton detected the email address as spam when I tried sending it. So glad I came here first or I may have been scammed, too.
October 13th, 2010 at 10:01 am
This real writing job is a BIG FAT SCAM!!!! is not as easy as they advertise it. and if you want to cancel it they would never get back with you!! and their 1800 doesnt work. If you are on the same situation call click bank and they will cancel it for you.
October 9th, 2010 at 8:26 pm
Sounds like I’ve been taken again this evening and I thought I was pretty savvy about these scammers…Stupid me, I checked the reviews after I signed up…I will cancel my credit card first thing Monday so I will not be charged the $77.00 on the 7th day. Thanks everyone for your experiences and helpful comments.
October 8th, 2010 at 2:31 am
Clickbank must issue a refund if a customer is not satisfied because it is one of their policies
October 6th, 2010 at 12:12 pm
Thanks so much to everyone here that have outlined all the ways that don’t work when canceling memberships and the way that do work. this site is no doubt, definitely a scam. Don’t let anyone tell you otherwise!
September 29th, 2010 at 5:50 pm
Just to update my dispute, I wrote to clickbank, gave them all the details and copies of my emails to RealWritingJobs and the next morning I found emails from clickbank telling me that a refund has been made.
Anyone feeling ripped off by realwrittingjobs should contact clickbank
September 26th, 2010 at 12:10 am
On Sept. 2. I signed up with www.realwritingjobs.com for a trial membership. On the payment page it says
“Your $4.95 trial membership is for 7 days, at the end of your trial you’ll be billed a one time fee of $77 for a lifetime membership”
I had a look at the jobs and payments and decided not to join them, so on 4th of September I sent email to www.realwritingjobs.com saying:
IP: 60.224.32.152
Subject: declining full membership
Dear editor.
I paid the deposit on full membership on Sept 2. I understood that after 7 days you were going to charge my credit card the reminder of the full membership fee. After looking at the jobs available and what the payments are, I lost interest in that kind of work so I request NOT to be charged the rest of the fee. This email is well within the 7 day limit for making a decision about the full membership.
Cheers,
Vlado
Date: 04 September 2010 16:53
Please remove me from all your mailing lists
Cheers
Vlado
This morning I found email from Paypal telling me that I was charged money for full membership of “Real Writing Jobs”, in spite of my email to “real writing jobs” the day before yesterday.
There was no response from them, there were only messages on the phone, so I contacted Paypal and they said they have to wait until 25th of september and then the claim can be escalated.
Since 6th of September I heard nothing from realwritingjobs nor from Paypal. When I escalated the claim, this was their response:
You have chosen to escalate your dispute to a PayPal claim. By ending communication with the seller, you are asking PayPal to investigate the case and decide the outcome. As part of our investigation, PayPal reviewed any communication you may have had in the Resolution Centre.
Our investigation into the following transaction is complete. As stated in our User Agreement, the claims process only applies to the delivery of goods. It does not apply to complaints about the attributes or quality of goods received. Therefore, we are unable to reverse this transaction or issue a refund.
I just couldn’t believe they could brush off my claim like this. Run as fast as you can from paypal. Their commission from all these scams is much greater then it will ever be from you.
Next I will try to contact Clickbank to see if they can help
September 21st, 2010 at 9:37 pm
Glad I decided to check first. Much better for my still-healthy retired heart to live on a bit less money, than to get an upset stomach over folks like this. Actually, the “comments” are a whole lot less “charitable than the reviewer was (that’s why I marked “dreadful”, since I have no actual experience with them.
For the record; as I left that site to come here, the drop-down “Don’t leave” box offered a “reduced initial payment” of only $4.97, and a “one-time payment” of $47,for “lifetime access” to their site.
Was an employer for many years; have never “paid”, before or since, to get work; don’t need the “heartburn”.
Thanks for being here!
September 5th, 2010 at 7:18 pm
To Alyssa: If they are still trying to withdraw money, I’d suggest canceling the card and requesting the bank to send a new one. It’s a bit of a pain, but this has saved me money due to similar scams I fell for. Always remember, why do you have to pay money for work? I know they usually come up with some grandiose excuse, but that’s all it is in the end.
I’d like to meet someone who actually made decent money online without having to rip off hundreds/thousands/millions of people. Even just a supplemental income without screwing over others.
August 26th, 2010 at 7:52 pm
Wanted to update people on my case. It has a happy ending. I told Clickbank to refuse further payments, and now have it in writing from Realwritingjobs.com (via Clickbank) that it was a once only fee. I don’t mind losing the fee – it serves me right for being stupid enough to sign up in the first place. All I can say to others out there is to make sure you have copies of everything to prove your case. Hope it all works out for the rest of you.
August 25th, 2010 at 11:19 pm
I’m afraid I’ve been sucked in too. Same story – 7 day trial followed by a supposed once only payment. I have tried to contact them to no avail also – three emails, and an actual letter, phone numbers don’t work. I also lodged a complaint with the Better Business Bureau in Nevada. Too soon to know if they will try taking monthly payments, but will try the Clickbank option suggested. I’ve also cancelled my credit card, so if they try they will have to contact me.
August 24th, 2010 at 1:47 am
I tried Support@realwritingjobs and called the 800 number only to find it disconnected, I want out and i just signed on. I feel ripped off. Is this a scam? In my opinion YES!!!
August 18th, 2010 at 10:24 pm
I also signed up to this site for the 3 day trial, mainly because they didn’t tell you much about what was involved until you had access to the site. I decided it wasn’t for me and it isn’t as easy as they make it out to be if you have no experience in writing. I sent an email to the customer support, (the link is right down the bottom of the page and you need a magnifying glass to see it). I requested them to cancel my membership and not to take out the full payment, of course I got no response.3 days later they took the full payment out of my account. I have sent several emails since to the site where you submit a ticket and also to support@realwritingjobs.com. It has been a week since my first email and 3 days since my last and still no response, not even an automatic response saying they have received it and will get back to me. I have just emailed clickbank so hopefully will get my money back that way.
August 10th, 2010 at 1:07 pm
Well written, fair assessment of this website. I really appreciate the quality of the article and that it’s neither a slam nor an endorsement.
August 9th, 2010 at 12:17 pm
Thankyou Ramos for the info on the Clickbank and realwriters website.. I asked for a cancellation hopefully everything works out
July 27th, 2010 at 3:55 am
alyssa.
You can easily handle this via Clickbank.
After you have paid for the trial you will have received a CB confirmation email. In it there is a link in case you need customer service. This directs you on a CB page where you have several options. Either cancel future payments or ask for a full refund.
July 25th, 2010 at 6:45 pm
DO NOT JOIN THIS SITE! There is absolutely no way of quitting it. I have tried. Even calling the cancellation number doesn’t work. It promises you only a 7 day trial period of $5.89 AUD and one-off payment of $91.58 AUD after the 7 day trial, but then I received a receipt from ClickBank saying that I was going to be making future monthly payments, which I did not know of and did not sign up for. I tried quitting during the 7 day trial and even posting a help request through customer service and not only did they not get back to me, but they also took my money. They don’t even have a proper customer service support. I truly think that this site is a scam! For anyone who has signed up for this, I am still trying to find a way out, so any help in this regard would be greatly appreciated.
July 6th, 2010 at 2:55 pm
I am not trying to make ‘a fortune.’ I’m simple asking if this particular site is legitimate. Hopefully, we are inquiring about this same site.
Sandra B. Joslin
June 7th, 2010 at 12:07 pm
Very informative and straight forward! Thanks for the input.
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May 31st, 2010 at 4:53 pm
Thanx for valuable info.
May 21st, 2010 at 5:41 pm
I never tried this site but I am looking for a good website to start earning money online soon.
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